Papers, 1902-1974.

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Papers, 1902-1974.

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Collection contains materials relating to Bonnalie's career in aeronautics from 1902-1974. The collection includes a log book (1931-1934); correspondence (1921-1973); miscellaneous maps and charts; 8 scrapbooks (1912-1938); materials on Bonnalie's service in World War I (1918-1921); certificates and military orders; manuscripts of writings by Bonnalie; models of airplanes and other miscellaneous artifacts; and journals kept while traveling to Afghanistan, Bolivia and Yugoslavia for FOA (1961-1962). The collection also includes photographs, slides and glass plate negatives of airplanes, Bonnalie, his work with Southern Pacific, and a history of naval aviation (1902-1929); World War I and aeronautics posters; research materials on airways and travel (1930-1955); materials on United Air Lines and LAMSA (1947-1958); an index card file on specifications and features on airplanes and engines; and the manuscript for an unpublished autobiography entitled "A Lifetime in Aviation: The Autobiography of Allan F. Bonnalie" (ca. 1974). The collection also contains 3 16 mm films on LAMSA and Mexico; 3 16 mm and 1 35 mm films on flying and flight training; and 1 8 mm film of a ticker-tape parade in New York City after Charles Lindbergh's trans-atlantic flight (1927); and miscellaneous other materials.

31.27 cubic ft. (63 boxes) + artifacts.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7342609

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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Great Britain. Royal Air Force

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The Far East Flight consisted of four flying-boats under the command of Group-Captain H. M. Cave-Braune-Cave. The Flight left Felixstowe, Plymouth on 14 Oct. 1927. From the description of Records [manuscript]. 1927. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825718 ...